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Lil Pump

Gazzy Garcia (born August 17, 2000), known professionally as Lil Pump, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and songwriter. He is best known for his song "Gucci Gang", (2017) which peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and is certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. His other songs include "I Love It" (with Kanye West), "Esskeetit", "Drug Addicts", "Butterfly Doors", ”Racks On Racks", and “Be Like Me” (featuring Lil Wayne). He released his debut studio album, Lil Pump, on October 6, 2017. His song "Welcome to the Party" was featured in the soundtrack for Deadpool 2. He released his second studio album Harverd Dropout on February 22, 2019.

Early life

Gazzy Garcia was born August 17, 2000 in Miami, Florida.[1][8] In a 2018 interview with J. Cole, he stated that both of his parents are from Colombia and that they divorced when he was six years old. His mother moved to Miami after giving birth to his older half-brother.[9]

When Garcia was thirteen years old, his cousin, Lil Ominous, introduced him to Omar Pineiro, better known as Smokepurpp; the two eventually became collaborators. Garcia and Piniero were expelled from multiple district schools. Garcia, thereafter, enrolled in an opportunity high school but was expelled in the tenth grade for fighting and inciting a riot.[10]

Career

Career beginnings (2016)

Garcia's rap career began when Smokepurpp produced a track and asked him to freestyle over it.[11] The single produced was independently released in 2016 on the music streaming website SoundCloud, as his debut single, "Lil Pump".[12] Garcia quickly followed the song with singles "Elementary", "Ignorant", "Gang Shit", and "Drum$tick", each possessing over three million streams.[13] The success of his tracks on SoundCloud earned him recognition among the South Floridaunderground rap scene, in a style known as "SoundCloud rap". He co-headlined the No Jumper tour in 2016, and also performed at the Rolling Loud Festival.[14][15]

Rising popularity and Lil Pump (2017)

Garcia began 2017 by releasing the singles "D Rose" and "Boss", which were major hits on SoundCloud, collecting a combined 70 million streams.[13] The popularity of "D Rose" led to a music video being produced by Chicago based director Cole Bennett, also known as Lyrical Lemonade. The music video was released on YouTube on January 30, 2017, and has gained 145 million views as of July 2018.[16] On June 9, 2017, Garcia signed a record deal with Tha Lights Global and Warner Bros. Records, just two months before his seventeenth birthday.[17] However, in January 2018, his contract with Warner Bros. Records was voided because he had been a minor at the time of signing.[18]

Harverd Dropout (2018–2019)

Garcia released "I Shyne" on January 18, 2018 with producer Carnage.[23] Following reports that he had left his former label Warner Bros. Records and the contract had been voided on the grounds of him being a minor when he signed,[24] competition rose to sign Garcia with offers reportedly as high as $8 million[25] to $12 million or more,[26] and artists such as Gucci Mane and DJ Khaled taking interest in him.[27][28] Garcia sparked rumors he had signed with Gucci Mane's imprint, 1017 Records, in February 2018.[29][30] Nonetheless, Garcia re-signed another contract with Warner Bros. for $8 million on March 12, 2018.[31]

On April 13, 2018, Garcia released "Esskeetit", which debuted and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] In July 2018, he released the single "Drug Addicts" alongside a music video which features the award winning actor Charlie Sheen.[32]

On December 16, 2018, Garcia was accused of being racist towards the Asian community after previewing a snippet of his new song "Butterfly Doors", the lyrics contained Asian stereotypes and slurs including "Ching chong" and "they call me Yao Ming cause my eyes real low" the lyric at which, Garcia mockingly pulls his eyes back. This caused a fair amount of negative press coverage and caused Chinese rappers to release diss tracks against him.[39][40] On December 24, 2018, he uploaded an apology video on Instagram regarding the incident and later released the single with the offensive lyrics edited out.[41]

On January 31, 2019, Garcia released the song "Racks on Racks" as a single, alongside with the music video.[42]

On February, 21 2019, Garcia released the song "Be Like Me" featuring Lil Wayne. Alongside a music video, featuring both of the artists.[43]

Legal issues

Lil Pump's mugshot after being arrested for driving without a license in August 2018

On February 15, 2018, Garcia was arrested for discharging a weapon in an inhabited place.[44] According to his manager, three men attempted to break into his home in San Fernando Valley at around 4 pm before shooting into the door. Police found the bullet may have come from inside the home, coming back later with a search warrant before finding an unloaded handgun below the balcony with ammunition elsewhere in the residence.[45] Garcia's mother was subsequently investigated for endangering a minor and having an unsecured firearm at the home.[46]

On August 29, 2018, Garcia was arrested for driving without a license in Miami.[47][48]
On September 3 he announced that he would be going to jail for 'a few months' for a parole violation stemming from the arrest.[49] However, he appeared on the live American television show Saturday Night Live on September 29.[50] Garcia's manager told Billboard in October 2018 that the rapper had served a prison sentence, but did not give any further details.[51]

In December 2018, Garcia was arrested by Danish police after a performance in Vega, Copenhagen. He was subsequently banned from entering the country for two years.[52]

Later in December 2018, Garcia was arrested at a Miami airport for disorderly conduct as he was about to take off on a flight; security wanted to search Garcia's luggage for cannabis but Garcia insisted he did not have any. While he did not have any drugs, apparently during the encounter with police Garcia became angry and began arguing loudly with the security employees. He was subsequently taken into custody.[53]